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Depends. Which remote do you have? The MCE remote has some Windows Media specific command buttons that probably can't be mapped into VLC but an X10 based remote should be fully usable if you make an xml profile for VLC mapping the buttons to the hotkeys.

Almost certainly a DirectX problem. Do you have Directx9c installed with motherboard drivers that support it? If not you need to install those or change the video output module to something other than the default (which is DirectX now).

Do you have an MPEG-2 DirectShow filter installed so WMP can play the videos? VLC uses an internal decoder, but WMP requires DirectShow and there isn't an MPEG-2 filter by default from Microsoft. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ffdshow.cfm/rev__736__20070103 has t...

Well the GUID and primary interface to the ActiveX control got changed with 0.8.6. It still supports the old interface so that's probably why your IE test works, something is different when it's loaded as a screensaver?

There are 3 options you can put in your options array when you add each item to the playlist. Video snapshot directory (or filename): --snapshot-path=<string> Video snapshot file prefix: --snapshot-prefix=<string> Video snapshot format: --snapshot-format={png,jpg} So you could say var options = new ...

If you run VLC outside of the web browser, you can set the format in Preferences (Video main page). This will stay when you are running in html. I don't think you can ever set the filename though, it will either have a timestamp or sequential index in the file name.

Wow you're right renox! I start an mp2 file and drop it's subtitle file on it (after renaming so it didn't get picked up automagically) and no more pausing! And there's nothing in the Messages window to suggest anything is wrong. What a weird bug. We need to open a Trac issue.

DJ is so the man when it comes to video/audio info.

Well I figured out how to add this in C++/C# code, but the answer doesn't help you. I'd add this to the Feature Request forum, as I think it's a pretty good candidate for adding with the new playlist in 0.9.0. I think there is a way of dumping out the debug messages in VLC which do contain updates t...

Probably have to bribe your IT guy to open the port in the company's firewall and forward it to your server at work. And get fired if you're at any mid-large company, at least in the US.

This totally depends on the encoding of the video you're playing. If it doesn't have a good index Vlc isn't the best at building its own while playing. What does your stream info dialog tell you (Ctrl-I)?

The only thing I can think of is that you checked "Increase the priority of the process" in Preferences (Advanced, main page). When the program has to spend a lot of time waiting for a device like a DVD drive giving it high priority means Windows will sometimes force it ahead too soon. Oth...

Does the problem happen if you close the Playlist window? That's the user interface I was worried about. It tries to update itself 10x a second from a timer thread in the background.

Interesting, in the English version that item is called "Overlay video output" and allows VLC to use the hardware acceleration provided by your video drivers to directly send the video to the screen bypassing most of Windows. I'd suggest you turn this back on, then go to Video/Output modul...

I'm actually trying to do this with my C# wrapper for VLC right now. I can tell when the media information changes by hooking changes to the "playlist-current" variable of the playlist, but getting the media information out of VLC is like pulling teeth: unless you want to compile your own ...

I bet the transcode fell behind the stream at some point and the output file got mucked up. Can't you use a 2-stage process, saving first to file as an MPEG TS encapsulation with no video or audio transcoding and run the transcode to mp4 after?

If you register the assembly by runnning:

regasm assemblyFile /codebase
(regasm.exe is in C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727)

this should work. The object should be creatable in COM by GUID or full name. I haven't tested this, sorry, but it's worked in previous projects I've done.

Sorry I'm not the one to ask about Unix servers, WeBoat, I just made the comment based on overheard conversations from people who do.

I suppose the best bet is to transcode the Xvid file to MPEG-2 using VLC, specifying one of the audio tracks. In Windows, the options I'd use to do this are: :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=8192,deinterlace,audio-sync,acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=ps,dst="outp...

stop-time seems to only work with simple files, not dvd tracks, whether you use a C# interface to libvlc or the gui. If it did work, you'd add "--stop-time=60" to the options array when you add an MRL to the playlist.

Delete your preferences directory C:\Documents and Settings\[your login name]\Application Data\vlc and try again. The most common problem is bad configuration. The 2nd most is bad video files. Did you try a few different files? (and not just different episodes of a series)

VLC doesn't use any external codecs, so those aren't helpful. The biggest issue with VLC is setting up the preferences. Video and Audio output modules most importantly. There's a settings file in C:\Documents and Settings\[Your login name here]\Application Data\vlc called vlcrc that contains all you...

I don't think the problem is the actually playing of the mp3s, it's the user interface windows of VLC you have up that are being updated and re-painted. Have you tried a different skin? WxWidgets is pretty bad.

http is almost pathological when it comes to streaming. All the extra sequencing and control bits and packets means the stream depends as much on the latency of the network, instead of just the throughput which real streaming protocols depend on. Latency is much harder to optimize, and can really ge...

You can add an option "vout" = "vout_directx" to force DirectX I believe. If both client and server have Gigabit lan cards and you're not going through a bad switch or router that's enough for almost any streaming, except maybe High Def mpeg-2. Problems can also happen if the har...